Wednesday, February 15, 2006

[1748 - Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, born in Spitalfields, London, England]

[1820 - Susan B. Anthony, women's rights suffragette, born in Adams, Massachusetts]

[1887 - Alexander Borodin, composer, dies]

[1898 - Battleship USS Maine blows up at anchor in Havana Harbor]

[1988 - Richard P. Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965), dies at 69]

Why Ask Me?

Who has not had the experience of having been asked for an opinion on some subject, and having given it, being met by a spirited or angry rejection? Under such circumstances one can only assume that the questioner really sought not an opinion, but confirmation of a belief already held.

William's Whimsical Words:

Being necessarily ignorant of what is in thy head, I can only tell thee what is in mine.

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